Bearing



June 23, 1925. 1,543,039

L. H. VERVOORT BEARING Filed May 23, 1922 3'SheetsSheet l F ig.l.

Inventor;

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L. H. VERVOORT BEARING Filed Ma 23. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Lamlert er'v' m'i June 23, 1-925.

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attorney;

Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.

LAMBERT H. VERVOORIT, OF WASHINGTON, J ISTRICT OF COLULLBIA.

To all :e/mm it may concern:

lie. it, known that [.[IIAIIBI'ZHT 1']. room, residing at Washington. District of; (olumbia. and a citizen of the United States 5 of Amer' -a. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bearings. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to roller bearings. its general object being to provide a bearing ictioii. eliieient iii the pert l lllt'tlfllL .indwcapal cheaply i l tljtlt"; My. one ft] simple in ct iy objects to I a roller bearing having apart end .plateswvith radially tlflli gated bearing dc 'iressions' or sockets iii-their inner faces. which bearingdepressions restrain the rollers iiioiiiited in the cage from circiinilei'eiitial ot' the bearing while permitting limited radial 'inovcmeiit l'or proper adjustment of the. rollers to the bearing surfaces.

A further object is to prov plates for roller bearing cages having beat- .iiig depressions with integral t'aces harder and denser than the remainder of the plates.

A further object is to provide transversely divided rollers for elongated bearings. permitting radial adjustment of the rollers, but at the same time-iiiaiiitainiiig the divided roller with its axis in 'a' plane passing through the axis of the bearing.

A further object is to .provide an elongated bearing with divided rollers, and in which there. will not be toriiied objectionable ridges at the points of roller division.

Other objects and results of my i'liVtFlltion will appear as the description proceeds.

The annexed drawings and-the following deseription disclose whatl. at present consider the best embodimentof my invention, together with a lew ot' the other possible embodiments of the-broader features of my idemetal end "sio is is giveiiai very sinootha ler and rollencage of face view of an end Fig. 4 is a cross sect-ionot' the roller cage with rollers and balls removed.

Fig. 5 similar to Fig. 4,.but showing vBEARING Application filed May 23, 1922. Serial No. 563,085.

an alternative form at intermediate plate.

Fig. (3 is a partial cross section of a hearing. showing the roller and contacting surfaces.

Fig. 7 is a detail viewon'the line 77 of 6 Fig. 6. h

Fig. 8 is a detail View of alt i'native torins ol' bearingdepressions. i

Fig. 9 is. apartiiit section of a conical bearing. 1 j

Fig. It) is a partial section of adouble tbrust bearin Fig. [1 is a partial section of a bearing having int a-l projections on the rollers in place of the ballsshowii'in Fig. l. Fig. 12 is a view. of a bearing with jointed rollers.

Fig. 1;) is an end view of one form of roller joint." I

Fig. H is a detail of another form of 7 roller joint. i

lnthe preferred form of my invention shown in Fig. l the bearing cage consists ot' a c vliiidric.-il series of rollers 11 mounted in a rollercage consisting of annular end plates 12 and ii ite'riiie'dia'te plates v13, stayed in spaced parallel relation by stay rods 'l-l. In each end plate there is a series of bearing depressions or sockets. 15. radially elongated, as shown. I prefer to form these 5, depressions by supporting the outer face of the plate on tt SllllPUl't' having-a plane, un-J yielding sn face.. and die pressingtliedepressions ftlie inner face of th plate. The pl; and cheaply iiiade i" this wa 'v. tal forming Slllftl es are reiidi\i tat I id more closera iiit d than the a ind-tide dt' the metal ii ep ate. In

iitfaee' oi the. pin jjepreg ted hard wear- 'l'j'nie' time the this waitg-tlie s1 iiig surface. While at the rema nder of the integral r g is not rendered ui'tduly brittle] The rollers 11 are provided in each end with ba'lhseats 16. Balls 17 are seated in the ends of the rollers next to plates 12 and 15. Between t. ierollers at the'intermediate plates 13 I pr fer .to use single balls 18. While these plates 13 might be provided with depressionsllike the bearing depressions 15, I prefer. wl iether such plates are as shown in Figuresl and 4.01 Whether shown as at 19 in Figtire with notches for the reception of stay rods l4, to provide them with are also seate d\vi=n the bearing depressions elongated slots 20 for the reception ifballs 18. The purpose of notching the ring 19 shown in Figure 5 is to make the ring lighter by cutting away unnecessary metal.

While I prefer to form the depressions 1n the shape shown in Figures 3 and 7, some of the benefits of the die-formed depressions are independent of the particular shape of said depressions and would be equally beneficial if the depressions were formed as shown in Figure 8 elongated diagonally as at 21, or round in cross section as shown In Figure 6 I show a section of a portion ofthe inner bearing surface 25 and an outer bearin surface 26 notched respectively at 27 an 28 opposite the space between the rollers. If these notches are not provided the bearing surfaces may wear where contacted by the rollers, leaving ridges between the rollers, and then any longitudinal movement of the rollers with respect to the bearing surfaces would cause the ends of the rollers to ride on such ridges with lI1]1lI'l0llS efi'ects.

In Figure 9 is shown a partial sectioirot a bearing having a conical roller 30 with inner bearing member 31, outer bearing member 32, with the cage plates 33 and 34. In such a case it is preferred to make the ring, bearing, seat and ball at the large end of the roller proportionately larger than the corresponding ring bearing seat and ball at the smaller end of the roller.

In Figure 10 is shown a partial section of a double thrust bearing with cage rings 35 and 36, similar to plates 12 in the inner bearing member 37 and outer bearing member 38. In this case, in order for conveniently assembling the bearing and bearing members, it is preferred. to provide the outer bearing member with a screw threadcd sleeve 39 having the shoulder at one end to take the end thrust. The inncr bearing member may be made sectional instead of \the outer bearing, or both. may be made see 'tional.

For reasons which will be explained later, the rings with the elongated bearing seats will be kept centered so that very little play is required between these rings or end plates and the outer and inner bearing surfaces.

The closeness with which these plates may be made to fit the bearing members when desirable for purposes of taking end thrust, is indicated in Figure 10. The reason that the rings are prevented from assuming an eccentric position is that the rollers are held by the bearing surfaces at substantially constant distances apart, and this being so, any tendency of the end plate to fall, for example, is overcome by the close fit of the balls 17 in the bearing depressions 15 at the sides of the plate, as indicated in Figure 7.

In Figure 11 rollers 40 are shown with semi-spherical projections on the outer ends as at ell, and with cylindrical projections on the inner ends as at 42.

While I prefer the form shown in Figures 1 and 2, using the balls for anti-friction purposes, some benefits of some of the 'alinement while allowing their relative rotation. This is desirable in comparatively long rollers to avoid the torsional strain on the rollers, which might result from slight differences in the diameters of the bearing surfaces at the two ends of the roller. In Figure 12 are shown three forms of such interlocking joints; in one the roller sections 50 and 51 are joined together by means of a cylindrical socket 52 in section 50 and a pin 53 on section 51 fitting into said socket; in the next form the roller sections 54 and 55 are fitted together by means of a ring 56 on section 54 entering groove 57 on section 55. It is preferred to make the groove of slightly larger diameter in cross section than the ring so that the roller sec- 1tions will contact only along one circular ine.

Roller sections (50 and 61, ap n-oxiniating 100 in form the shape of the rollers 11, may be used with an interposed ball 62 in semisplierical cavities in the meeting ends of the sections. 7

In Figure 14 roller sections (hi and (35 195 are indicated joined together by a conical recess (36 in section 64 and a projection 67 on section in the shape of a frustuni of a cone. Where this form of roller is used,

that is a roller transversely divided, it is preferred to have the divisions of successive rollers staggered, as indicated in Figure 12, in order to avoid uneven wear on the bearing surfaces.

In Figure 6 rollers are shown with differ- 115 cut forms of sockets in their ends. While I prefer sockcts which are formed to make a close lit to the cooperating balls, conical sockets such as shown at 70, or sockets shaped like the frustuni of a cone as shown 120 at present preferred by me and various illustrative modifications which may be used and still retain some of the benefits of the broader features of my invention, but no attempt has been made to show all of the variops modifications which might be used its inner face with radia elon ated sockets I .spacedapart, rollers mounted etween said two end plates stayed apart, each of t e sai and therefore I do not wish my invention to be limited beyond the terms of the annexed claims. I i

I claim:

1. In a bearing, in combination, a-roller cage comprisin two end plates stayed a art, the said end p ates being each provid on plates, each roller being provided with a all seat in each end thereof, and balls mounted between said rollers and said end lates and having radial play in said sockets in the end plates.

2. In a bearing,'a roller cage com' risin end plates being rovided with radially elongated bearing epressions spaced apart 11 its inner face.

3. In a bearin a roller cage comprising two metal end {1 ates stayed apart, each of the said end ates being provided on its inner face witi bearing depressions s aced apart, the faces of said depressions eing integral with and of harder metal than the remainder of said plates.

4. In a bearing. a roller cage comprising two end plates stayed apart, each of the said end plates having its outer face in one 'plane, and having in its inner face spaced apart die pressed hearing depressions.

5. In a bearing, in combination, a roller cage comprising two end plates stayed apart, each of the said end plates being )rovided on its'i11ner-face with radially eongated hearing (it pressions rollers mounted betwceir said plates and maintained by said hearing depressions against movement circumferentially of the bearing relative to the end plates, while being permitted limited radial movement, cach oi said rollers being divided transversely of its axis, and means to maintain the divided rollers in alinement with the bearin depressions. r

6. In a caring, in combination, a roller cage consisting of end plates spaced apart each of the said end. plates being rovlded on its inner face with radially e ongated bearingidepressions, an intermediate plate stayed etween the end lates, radially elonated slots through said intermediate plate in alinement with said bearing depressions,

rollers mounted between each of said slots and the alined bearing depressions,"each roller being provided with a ball seat in each end thereof, balls mounted in said bearing depressions and engaging the outer ends of sai rollers, and balls mounted in said slots and engaging the inner ends of saidrollers.

7. In combination, a cylindrical shaft, a cylindrical sleeve surrounding and s aced from said shaft, a plurality of eylin rical s'eries of rollers interposed between said shaft and said sleeve, said series being placed end to end slightly spaced apart lon itudinally, and there being grooves in sai shaft and in saidsleeve o 'posite the spaces be- 

